ESPN to broadcast GameDay from Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 18
…Alabama head coach Nick Saban confirmed Monday afternoon that the cable television giant will televise its popular College GameDay show live from the Quad starting at 9 a.m. Saturday…The network also will telecast the game between 16th-ranked Alabama and Georgia at 6:45 p.m. Saturday — the second straight week the broadcasting team of Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe will help bring an Alabama football game to the nation…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Sept. 18
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Dothan Eagle – Sept. 18

Alabama Quad goes wireless
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 18
Already the center of campus life, the Quad at the University of Alabama is now also a hotspot. Campus staff plugged in a wireless Internet connection before the school year started that should provide access to the entire Quad…Now, more than 60 locations on campus offer a wireless connection. Only four dorms are fully wireless, while the other dorms have it in their public areas, Whitehorn said. The goal is to have wireless access in all dorm rooms by next fall, she said…

Hiring Extravaganza at Bama
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) -- Sept. 17
UA has spent more than $2 Million to hire new professors, and more hires are planned for 2008.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) -- Sept. 17

Enhancing quality and security of wireless telemedicine
Science Daily – Sept. 18
The team will also work to enhance the security of the systems used in the process, thereby reducing the possibility of identity theft and cyber-terrorism. The effort is being supported by a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cyber Trust Program. Hu, the principal investigator, will collaborate with Yang Xiao, professor of computer science at the University of Alabama…
MedicalDesignOnline.com – Sept. 18

$1 billion bond issue money may be available sooner
Florence Times-Daily – Sept. 18
…The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa campus will get its portion of $79.8 million destined for the UA System's three campuses. Campus distributions haven't been determined…

Optimism at Alabama
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 17
Bama fans are very excited because the Tide is ranked for the first time since 2005.